Summary of Fall 2017 St8udent projects which included: Fat Oils & Grease Project ADA Ramp Project Water Conservation Project MST Project Fire Department Accident Data Future Work Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info University Faculty Contact Jessie Doyle Natural Sciences lecturer jdoyle@csumb.edu Local Government […]
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Fire Hydrant Proximity to Schools in Downtown Seaside, CA
Schools tend to have a high concentration of individuals for long periods of the time for the majority of the year. Schools cover a large area of land and if a fire were to break out more lives could be lost so it is expected that near these higher populated areas there would be more […]
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Read to me in English and Spanish
Reading to children can benefit their development because exposing them to books appears to have the most impact on their early language, literacy, and cognitive development. There is evidence to support that “children who xperience shared-book reading… also demonstrated improvements in word reading” (Pillinger & Wood, 2014). The Read to me Project is great at […]
ADA ramps in the City of Seaside
One goal of this project was to check if the ramps in a neighborhood of Seaside had these ramps painted red. The neighborhood this group observed was in the lower left quadrant of Figure 1. Another goal of this project was to compare the locations of the ADA ramps found with the locations of bus […]
Fremont Blvd. Redesign
Our group assisted in the update of the 20 to 40-year plan for Fremont Boulevard (Blvd) in Seaside. Our choice was influenced by the demand for attention the street displays through its lack of vibrancy and modernization. Our group sought to incorporate vibrancy and modernization into our proposal with biophilic design elements and attributes (Kellert, […]
Road Diet modelling and its effects on traffic and pedestrian counts on W. Alisal Street in Salinas
model we were able to pose recommendations best suited to support the road diet. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info University Faculty Contact Daniel Fernandez Natural Sciences Professor, School of Natural Sciences dfernandez@csumb.edu Local Government / Community Contact James Serrano […]
Monterey Growery
Monterey Growery Experiences, or MGE for short, will provide Seaside visitors and residents with tours of the local marijuana facilities. Through our tours, we hope to educate participant as to what cannabis means to the California economy and community. Seeing various cannabis operations, such as the growing, testing, labelling, and selling, we hope, will help […]
See-Seaside – Media Strategies for Sustainable Living
It includes a collection of projects that invite people to observe, notice and care for the place. It features a few strategies from social media engagement, to posters, memes, and even a calendar. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info University Faculty Contact Estella Porras […]
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Inspiring field experiences in Seaside, California
Lately there have been city projects created to promote citizen science and utilization of existing parks. These projects have started to be implemented to begin the steps towards more sustainable cities. As we develop cleaner, greener ways of living within our communities, the implementation of well-crafted environmental programs that give citizens tools to explore their […]
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Bilingual Community Outreach Plan
In the city of Salinas, where 32% of residents are children and youth, outreach strategies that embrace participatory practices can enlarge young people’s perceptions and contribute to a more socially and environmentally just community. They can also provide young people with skills and a sense of empowerment to effect change in their communities. This plan […]